State control of tuberculosis.

  • Charles V. Chapin
Date:
1900
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Credit: State control of tuberculosis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the llesli of tuhcrculoiis ;iiiiiiials killed at tlie ahat- toirs. This meat, however, is sold on its merits as eoming from tiihereuloiis animals. At the Brighton abattoir, a considerable ])()rtion of the tnberculous ammals their slaughtered are allowed to go upon the market. METHODS OF CONTROL ALREADY ADOPTED. Notificntion. An important step in the control of other infections diseases is the report of cases of the disease to the sanitary authority. This is desired, in order that the cases may be studied and more may l)e leai-ned of the way in which the diseases are spread, and, in order that any necessary methods of restriction may be applied to each individual case. It would appear that notification is as necessary in tuberculosis as in other diseases. In this country, notification has been I'e- quired in a numljer of states and cities. Sometimes it applies to phthisis alone, and sometimes to all tuber- cular diseases. Notification was first required in the City of New^ York, and, at present, is a requirement of the State law in Maine and Michigan, and of the nruni- cipal regulations of Alameda, California ; Buffalo, Cin- cinnati, the City of New York, Salt Lake City, and Yonkers. In these regulations the requirement ap})lies only to i)hthisis. Tuljerculosis is to l)e reported by the State law of Washington and by the regulations of Asbury Park, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Syracuse. A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Michigan has affirmed the validity of the law in that state. The followinjj: is the rule in the City of New York :